The Epistemology and Morality of Human Kinds by Marion Godman

Realism and Human Kinds

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research ◽

10.1111/j.1933-1592.2003.tb00309.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 67 (3) ◽

pp. 580-609 ◽

Cited By ~ 91

Author(s):

AMIE L. THOMASSON

Keyword(s):

Human Kinds

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The social construction of real human kinds

Metascience ◽

10.1007/s11016-017-0226-6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 467-470

Author(s):

Jonathan Y. Tsou

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

The Social ◽

Human Kinds

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Portraits of "Primitives": Ordering Human Kinds in the Chinese Nation

American Ethnologist ◽

10.1525/ae.2002.29.2.442 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 442-443

Author(s):

Wurlig Bao

Keyword(s):

Chinese Nation ◽

Human Kinds

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Editorial: Life Phenomenology--Movement, Affect and Language

Phenomenology & Practice ◽

10.29173/pandpr29334 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Stephen Smith ◽

Tone Saevi ◽

Rebecca Lloyd ◽

Scott Churchill

Keyword(s):

Daily Living ◽

Science Research ◽

Life Forms ◽

Human Science ◽

Human Sciences ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Linguistic Awareness ◽

International Human ◽

Human Kinds ◽

The Many

The “life phenomenology” theme of the 35th International Human Science Research Conference challenged participants to consider pressing questions of life and of living with others of our own and other-than-human kinds. The theme was addressed by keynote speakers Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Ralph Acampora and David Abram who invoked a motile, affective and linguistic awareness of how we might dwell actively and ethically amongst human communities and with the many life forms we encounter in the wider, wilder world we have in common. Conference participants were provoked to consider the following questions: “How might phenomenology have us recognize a primacy of movement and bring us in touch with the motions and gestures of the multiple lifeworlds of daily living? What worlds from ecology to technology privilege certain animations? What are the affects and effects of an enhanced phenomenological sensitivity? What senses, feelings, emotions and moods of self-affirmation and responsiveness to others sustain us in our daily lives? And to what extent might the descriptive, invocative, provocative language of phenomenology infuse the human sciences and engender a language for speaking directly of life?”

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The Social Construction of Human Kinds

Hypatia ◽

10.1111/j.1527-2001.2012.01317.x ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 716-732 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir

Keyword(s):

Social Construction ◽

General Framework ◽

Social Practices ◽

Social Constructionist ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

The Social ◽

Metaphysical Claim ◽

Human Kinds ◽

Response Dependence ◽

Human Kind

Social construction theorists face a certain challenge to the effect that they confuse the epistemic and the metaphysical: surely our conceptions of something are influenced by social practices, but that doesn't show that the nature of the thing in question is so influenced. In this paper I take up this challenge and offer a general framework to support the claim that a human kind is socially constructed, when this is understood as a metaphysical claim and as a part of a social constructionist debunking project. I give reasons for thinking that a conferralist framework is better equipped to capture the social constructionist intuition than rival accounts of social properties, such as a constitution account and a response‐dependence account, and that this framework helps to diagnose what is at stake in the debate between the social constructionists and their opponents. The conferralist framework offered here should be welcomed by social constructionists looking for firm foundations for their claims, and for anyone else interested in the debate over the social construction of human kinds.

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Portraits of "primitives": ordering human kinds in the Chinese nation

Choice Reviews Online ◽

10.5860/choice.38-5640 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 38 (10) ◽

pp. 38-5640-38-5640

Keyword(s):

Chinese Nation ◽

Human Kinds

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Evaluating the condition of the existing art of body tattooing and current practices in Turkey

Global Journal on Humanities and Social Sciences ◽

10.18844/gjhss.v0i0.276 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Seyda Akarsu

Keyword(s):

Current Practice ◽

Body Art ◽

Formal Training ◽

Traditional Concept ◽

Research Results ◽

Study Results ◽

The World ◽

Human Kinds ◽

Current Practices

Throughout history, human kinds have always been trying new ways by different means to look beautiful and different. Tattooing is also one of those ways and challenges. Today tattooing is losing its traditional concept and becoming more common with new professional spirit. Traditional tattoo with all its concerns to tattoo receivers and tattooing artists now is gradually become peeled from its old cast to be regarded as an art. Tattooing is application of dye to subdermal layers of skin which stays permanently and can't be rejected by skin later on. With rising tattoo application and use in the world, likewise in our country tattooing, it is also growing and become more popular. Based on this idea, the existing tattooing practices in Turkey were investigated and evaluated. This research applied in three biggest metropoles and a Holliday village. On these locations, the questionnaires were submitted to 553 tattoo receivers and 69 tattooing artist personnel. At the same time, 69 tattooing centres were visited and observed. The study results show that; tattoos are mostly the product of aesthetic and self-expression predominantly in younger generations. The most preferred tattoo motives were writings and images, and also the most preferred color found to be black. None of tattooing artist had formal training and they had different understandings of hygiene. As a result of this study, it has also been found that there are no regulations, administration or enforcement for standards in tattooing centres. Following the evaluation of this research results and also considering the current practice of tattooing centers in Turkey. It is proposed a set of recommendations to train, to regulate, to administrate and to enforce the standards for the art and practice of tattooing in Turkey.Keywords: Tattooing, Body Art.

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